NEW YORK: This Is What Your Flooded Subway System Looked Like After Hurricane Sandyhttp://www.businessinsider.com/hurricane-sandy-photos-of-new-york-subway-flooded-2012-10/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Tue, 31 Mar 2015 16:59:35 -0400Joe Weisenthalhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/5092e60beab8eadf59000006SIMONThu, 01 Nov 2012 17:13:47 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5092e60beab8eadf59000006
Now repeat the experiment is salt water - notice how everything corrodes rendering the mechanism useless.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5092420569bedd364200002dCanadaMaster1Thu, 01 Nov 2012 05:33:57 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5092420569bedd364200002d
Have you taken a look at the inside of a motor? Motors does not get ruined by submerging them into a water. Motors consists of a few sets of coil of magnet wire attached to a sphere of magnets when you apply electrical current to both of its terminals it causes the motor to spin, so we are not seeing anything that makes up for these motor as water damageable.
If you want, you can perform a simple experiment to prove your self that motors do not get damaged with water by going to Radio Shack and purchasing a 9~18 volts DC motor they sell, its a small motor, about the size of the center of your palm, then purchase a 9 volt battery and then head home. At home, go to your bathroom sink and cover it and turn it on to create a small "pool" of water, then connect both terminals of your motor to your 9 volt battery terminal, you should see your motor spinning, go ahead and submerge it in water, you will see that the motor will continue spinning under water with no problems, you can even turn it off and on repeatedly by unplugging and re-plugging the 9 volts battery and the motor will function as desired, still under water. Feel free to leave the motor there for 1 days under water, off, and then take it out of the water, plug it into the 9 volts battery and the motor will still spin.
Conclusion: These escalator are not water damaged, as soon as power are applied to its motors, they will turn as usual.
Integrated Circuits (such as computer motherboards, controllers, etc) can survive the water if they were turned off before they got submerged under water. At these stages, the MTA turned of the power of most of their systems before they got the chance of meeting with the waters. So, with all that said, you can expect the displays, panels, lights, the metro card vending machines to work, maybe with the few exceptions of not being able to read your dollar bills, but if you can pay with credit card your all set.
I would be much, MUCH more worried over MOLD damage, than worrying if these motors will spin again. As you can see, water gets in between the walls, then in between the walls mold will begin to develop. Just wait later on to see what the REAL damage will be.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50923254eab8ea7f3c00002cAinul HasanThu, 01 Nov 2012 04:27:00 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50923254eab8ea7f3c00002c
It very sad news that more state of America is damage by sandy......
But nothing is wrong happen because we can't think that how much innocent people killing by America in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and other country in world......
This justified of nature.....
America should take lesson from this instant that The Big Boss of world is only one ALLAH...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50922705ecad043e7a00001cStewThu, 01 Nov 2012 03:38:45 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50922705ecad043e7a00001c
Be thankful you have a subway system at all. Some places still have an outdated train system and haven't even contemplated putting the damn things underground yet.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5091d0e76bb3f70d4c000002jerrytWed, 31 Oct 2012 21:31:19 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5091d0e76bb3f70d4c000002
FYI: NYC is building a NEW subway system as we speak. How's that or infrastructure spending?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5091ac3e69bedd586800000adukerWed, 31 Oct 2012 18:54:54 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5091ac3e69bedd586800000a
Those escalators all have motors, which are now ruined. What about the electrical wiring in the tunnels??http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50919ee7ecad04140a00001dDanWed, 31 Oct 2012 17:57:59 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50919ee7ecad04140a00001d
This is actually LONG overdue considering NY's geographical makeup. The Flinstone's comment was appropriate as other cities around the world have far surpassed NY in terms of infrastructure.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5091562eeab8ea755d00000aMike VWed, 31 Oct 2012 12:47:42 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5091562eeab8ea755d00000a
Send in Shashank Tripathi to clean it up. Then check if he's in the country legally.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/509153d2ecad04cf01000017AmadaWed, 31 Oct 2012 12:37:38 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/509153d2ecad04cf01000017
Sweet, maybe we can get some infrastructure improvements where the people need them! Our subway system is so outdated its embarrassing taking my friends from abroad on it.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/509145d9ecad04846600000cyouthinasiaWed, 31 Oct 2012 11:38:01 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/509145d9ecad04846600000c
Two thoughts:
Now the effluent is spread evenly throughout the tunnel system - sorta like our political system.
Jim Kunstler has been vindicated.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/509142256bb3f7cf3e000011Oh PleaseWed, 31 Oct 2012 11:22:13 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/509142256bb3f7cf3e000011
I guess they'll have to have a separate power supply for the pumps to work thru the next hurricane.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50913e7fecad045e59000016Andrew2Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:06:39 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50913e7fecad045e59000016
It will be a lot cleaner than before once they've pumped out the water.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50913e37eab8eac225000012tall cityWed, 31 Oct 2012 11:05:27 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50913e37eab8eac225000012
has a MontauK Project feel